Reports Report 588cy (Event 588-2012)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Kathryn |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | I live in the hills of Richmond CA (just north of El Cerrito), and while I have no visual images, I can report that I heard the sonic boom. I had just started the morning coffee and turned on the radio at 8 am, when I thought something had hit the house or (for a few milliseconds) that it was the start of an earthquake. That was all: a big boom that felt like it hit the house. I asked my son if he had dropped something (no, he was just grumpy that I woke him up), and looked outside to see if neighborhood kids were throwing baseballs at garage doors (they weren\'t--it was 8 am on a Sunday morning after all), and then had to settle for being puzzled until I read about the meteor on Monday morning. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Richmond, CA |
| Latitude | 37° 56' 35.34'' N (37.943149°) |
| Longitude | 122° 19' 10.35'' W (-122.319542°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2012-04-22 08:02 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2012-04-22 15:02 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | - |
| Descent Angle | - |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | -1° |
| First azimuth | -1° |
| First elevation | -1° |
| Last azimuth | -1° |
| Last elevation | -1° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | 1 |
| Color | - |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | I heard the sonic boom, but do not know if there was a delay as I didn\'t see the meteor itself. The boom seemed to come from the west (toward the Pacific Ocean). |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Duration | -1s |
| Length | -1° |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | I did not see the meteor. (See below--I heard the sonic boom.) |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |